Dare To Believe Podcast

What happens when you take a group of people with diverse personalities and giftings and put them together on the same team? If you’re Steve Backlund, you create an environment that fosters community, builds intentional relationships and is a catalyst for powerful life-change and growth.

What if we told you it’s possible to do something this very moment that will positively affect your future? Good news: It is. In the latest podcast episode featuring CPA, founder of Stephen K. DeSilva Ministries, and all around great guy, Steve DeSilva, hear how to sow seeds of hope and change that will impact […]

“Don’t be afraid of failure,” said businessman and minister Armin Assadi. “Be afraid of success. I had everything the world told me would make me happy and I didn’t have the one thing I actually wanted.” Hear the second of our thrilling 2-part episode as Armin continues his search for true freedom and find out […]

Wow! That’s all we can say to Part 1 of this special, two-part interview with Armin Assadi, local businessman and VP of Engage Your Destiny, a ministry focusing on building spiritual resiliency in the men and women of the US Armed Forces. In this episode, follow Armin on his journey of freedom as he flees […]

In the second part of our conversation with Tony Caterina, director of Heart Ministries and a naturally-supernatural Kingdom-bringer, hear how God took a prayer and a dream and turned it into a multi-million dollar distribution center for the Kingdom of God. Warning: You will begin to dream about what God will do with your yes! […]

God wants to encourage you today: There’s no hole too deep he can’t pull you from. There’s no journey, misstep, or mistake too wayward that he can’t get you to your destiny. And there’s no such thing as a lost cause.

We all have it: That painful situation that pops up every so often; that moment when we behave well below our maturity level; or even that one spot in our heart that’s so painful and discouraging that we can’t quite bring ourselves to talk about it. And that is exactly the place of your next […]

90% of mental health diagnoses and 80% of addictions are rooted in unresolved trauma, so why is there often a feeling in the church that we need to cover up our trauma, pretend it didn’t happen, and present a “good face” to the world? As Yvonne Martinez, ordained minister and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (with […]

What do Soviet Union soldiers, a miraculous production of wine, and the cancelling of college classes have in common? No, it’s not another dream episode. These three things are all found in testimonies shared by missionary Jeff Collins in the latest Dare to Believe Podcast episode. Jeff is a man who drips the love of […]

Occult rituals, zombies, and President Trump. Now that we’ve got your attention, tune in and find out how God is speaking even while we sleep. In this addition of the dream series, Kristi and Rebecca share how God speaks metaphorically and how our external stresses can impact our dream life. (Spoiler alert, if you’re dreaming […]

“For though you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” 1 Cor. 4:15 In a fatherless culture, what does it mean to father a city? The short answer means loving well and releasing hope. For a more complete answer, tune in to this […]

Farmers know that to have a successful crop, one of the first steps every spring is prepare the soil by picking out the rocks forced to the surface during the winter. Farmers don’t go digging for rocks, they simply remove the ones that found their way to the top. For rocks to appear, all it […]

If you knew God was backing you, what would you dream of doing? Who would you be? What fears would you face? Inspiration takes many forms. For many of us one of the simplest ways we are inspired comes from seeing others with similar gifting and callings live their lives. So how do we gain […]

Dare to Believe is based outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Just a few short weeks ago, the killing of George Floyd sparked riots that literally set our city on fire. Pain, fear, and rage swirled for several intense nights and still linger in the atmosphere. Even still, God is not surprised. He’s not caught off guard. […]

Generational ministry and the historically tricky revival handoff from one generation to another is a thread that runs through many episodes here on the Dare to Believe Podcast. In this powerful and thought-provoking episode, Kristi and Rebecca hear from father and son worship leaders Jon and Drew Russell as they talk about ministering inter-generationally. Both […]

We’re in recovery from life. That statement feels even more relatable in this strange season of corporate trauma and global pandemic. So how do we find a new normal? What do we do with our feelings of anger, loss, frustration, and disappointment? And what do we do when those feelings are directed toward God? Are […]

The shortest distance between the head and the heart is a story. For many of us, our religious knowledge outweighs our personal experience with God. Much of our faith is linked to our heads without experience, learning Godly principles and doing the right thing instead of knowing and experiencing the person of the Trinity. Yet, […]

Dreams, dreams, and more (bad) dreams! Everywhere we turn we’re hearing about dreams in this unprecedented season, some good and some, well, not so good. Many people are having scary pandemic-related dreams. Others are having just plain old nightmares. Though we don’t usually do back-to-back dreams episodes, we’re following God’s lead as dreams are clearly […]

What do Kanye West, a flood in Jamaica, and a car chase have in common? If you answered they all appear in listener-sent-in dreams in this installment of our dream interpretation episode, you were right! In this episode, we see that God has our best in mind and that he gives us things we actually […]

“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing    without revealing his plan    to his servants the prophets.”                                                 -Amos 3:7 Some of you may have noticed a very interesting dream in the December 2019 dreams episode. The dreamer very clearly saw the present pandemic—both our current circumstances and the God-ordained outcome. In this special bonus episode, Kristi and Rebecca interview the […]